Had a BAD nose into ground yesterday, split and smooshed the nose bad,
But it also broke the carbon tube at the end of the right wing,

sadly earler i also had a crash and folded the wing out by the aileron servo that glued up fine,
and went back out to fly again,,bad move,

so my carbon tube is broken and now glued inside my wing,

im planning on just gluing the wings into the body, but before i do whats a good fix for the broken carbon tubes? sleeve them??
thanks
john

I glued a tube in that needed removal and I got a long piece of K&S brass tubing that had an ID just larger than the OD of the CF tube. I chucked the K&S brass tube into my hand drill and it tracked right down the CF tube and it pulled right out. I then replaced it with a carbon fiber arrow shaft. You won't break that... easily.

Hi Farmertom.
At present I am flying my Bixler 2 non FPV but with a GOPRO Hero 2 up front.
Like a lot on this thread, my set up is a Turnigy D2826/6 2200Kv motor with a 6 x4 prop. The ESC is a Turnigy Plush 40amp. Battery is a 2200 11.1 (3s).

I hand launch at no more than 2/3 throttle and sail about at 1/3 to 1/2 throttle.
A 30amp ESC would be OK but I like to over kill and also the 40amp Turnigy plush comes with a 3amp Bec. which seems to handle the 6 9g servos and an Orange 3 axis stabiliser. All above from Hobby King.
I am very happy with this set up and will be using it when I get some FPV gear.
Hope that helps
M.

Thanks Drone 5!
I am going to try your setup. Any idea of how much flight time do you get with that setup?
farmertom

Hi Farmertom.
Not had this set up for long and not done any time trials. All I can say is that I fly until I have had enough. 10 to 15 mins. I don't burn around the sky with the Bixler. With good hight I often cut the motor, deploy the flaps and glide around for ages. It just floats.
I have posted a video of last weekend at my local club page 99 posting 1472.
M.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread since the very first few weeks.

I have been slowly building a mini-fpv beast out of the Bixler 2 body. It needs a lot of help in terms of upgrades and structural reinforcement in my book but well worth the time.

I love how you can throw it in the car and leave it fully assembled. I had been flying an upgraded Diamond 2500 from Banana Hobby. I loved that machine too but wanted to try something different and more transportable.

I have not yet flown it with the Cobra motor. I had been using the HK 2200kv motor with the 7x5 prop and that thing was fast. It was probably going 40 mph at half throttle and I never felt like it was necessary to go faster. I upgraded to the cobra motor simply for the heck of it. Well I wanted a motor that ran smoother and quieter and it does. I can fly 25 minutes on the 3850 3-cell battery.

If you look at this spread sheet you'll see that the 7x5 prop for the 11.1 battery on this motor is in RED which suggests you should not run this prop. But if I run 60% throttle or less 90% of the time, am I okay?

Looks like a good setup but are you running a CP clover on the video tx together with a LP whip on the video rx?
If so I suggest you change the antenna on the video rx to a CP.
Do you have more info on the goggle mod? Looks interesting.

Looks like a good setup but are you running a CP clover on the video tx together with a LP whip on the video rx?
If so I suggest you change the antenna on the video rx to a CP.
Do you have more info on the goggle mod? Looks interesting.

I have tried both the LP whip and clover leaf on the video RX while running the clover leaf you see on the airplane. Surprisingly I have not noticed a huge difference with either configuration. But as you are suggesting, it should work best with a matching clover leaf on the video rx! Thanks for pointing that out in the case that I was unaware.

2. Are you having any down thrust issues with the motor mounted that high? I have a Bixler 1 and the same motor mount. When I get to 60% throttle it wants to nose down. I think the lever arm created by having the motor that much higher than the stock position is the culprit.
Curios to know what you are experiencing.

2. Are you having any down thrust issues with the motor mounted that high? I have a Bixler 1 and the same motor mount. When I get to 60% throttle it wants to nose down. I think the lever arm created by having the motor that much higher than the stock position is the culprit.
Curios to know what you are experiencing.

Thanks

The CG changes a bit depending on what gear I have on the airplane. I try to keep the CG about 1" back from the leading edge of the wing.

I have not flown the airplane with the motor in this position yet. I have been flying with the HK 2200 kv motor and was able to keep it down one position from where you see the cobra motor mounted. GOOD to know that the airplane will push down more with the motor mounted higher. I don't know if I will get out to fly again until spring with the cold weather approaching!

UPDATE - I just got out and did a quick flight in 15-20 mph winds. uavrat - you are correct - the motor mounted that high does degrade the flight characteristics and moves the CG back a bit since the motor is heavier. If I can't mount it lower I'm going back to the HK 2200 KV motor. That is such a great little motor apparently, at any cost for the blixer 2.

Nice footage! Kangaroo herding AussieHoppy this is the guy you met Satuday @ 5:30 in the first video......

Hi mate! It was kinda funny because I was expecting a mate of mine and thought you were him, hence the flyby

You'll be happy with the bix, they're a great platform... I love my scale, and warbirds, but these bix's are just a great allrounder, no matter what your flavour of flying is

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Originally Posted by farmertom

Very cool stuff! You must be very happy with your plane!
farmertom

yes Tom, very happy, I actually managed to keep this build fairly light, pleasure to fly
In the distance run I caught a couple of small thermals, very nice

The landing in the second HD vid was "different" heh heh the breeze was coming down the driveway, and had a shocking hangover lol it was only one flight, never flown there before, a nice little challenge

Has anyone tried clipping the wings on these to make it a little more agile... at the expense of stability...?